All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He was not speaking to them without a parable
Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;
This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
“These things I have spoken to you in figures of speech; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you openly of the Father.
His disciples *said, “Behold, now You are speaking openly and are not using a figure of speech.